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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[OCTOBES, 
much the same relation to the regular Wall St. brokers, 
that the fly in the fable did to the cart wheel. Whenever 
temptation comes in this form, remember the retired 
Wall Street operator’s advice “ to let it alone.”_ 
Last month we gave an account of the ways and doings 
ot that “Finance Committee” of that 
“LOUISVILLE LOTTERY ASSOCIATION.” 
Circulars still go forth to inform people that they have 
drawn a “ gold watch and chain valued at $150—which 
can be had by paying the assessment of ten per cent.” 
We think business must be slack, as last month we re¬ 
ceived several letters of inquiry with every mail, while 
of late they have not averaged more than one or two a 
day. The correspondence concerning this matter is very 
amusing ; while, we are happy to say, that the majority 
of those who send us circulars either indignantly deny 
that they ever had any part or lot in the Louisville or 
any other lottery, or make fnn of the whole thing, others 
make a really serious matter of it, and evidently think 
that a stroke of luck has befallen them, and actually sup¬ 
pose that there is some one who will give them $150 
worth of watch for $15. We fear that all does not run 
smoothly in the machinery of the Association. Russell 
& Co. were named in the circulars as the parties who 
would deliver the watches, but of late, Hetherington & 
Co. appear, and we have a letter of theirs in which they 
say, “We have been appointed by the Finance Committee 
instead of Messrs. Russell & Co., to collect the percentage ' 
money due on all prizes and forward it to Louisville.”— 
Things are getting mixed....Not long ago we received 
numerous complaints from the British Provinces, espec¬ 
ially from New Brunswick, that schemes from “ the 
States” were flooding the country with their swindling 
circulars, but the tide has turned, and we find that the 
subjects of Her Majesty are not a whit behind the Yan¬ 
kees with their schemes. Here we have 
“ THE ROYAL DOMINION GIFT CONCERT,” 
which will take place at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, 
and lots of prizes are to be distributed. They had one 
concert, but kept it and the prizes all to themselves ; now 
the circular tells us, they have “ secured a directory of 
names of the business men in all parts of the Union.” 
and we may be counted in. These generous chaps send 
along a sample ticket, which is to be free “ Provided you 
make up a club and remit $5 for 5 more tickets.” These 
tickets are almost worth a dollar a piece as works of art, 
let alone the chance of drawing “a large gift.” There is 
the Lion—real British one, none of the common African 
kind, with a countenance suggestive of dyspepsia; then 
there is the Unicorn, and the crown. All these emblems 
of royalty will be given in exchange for “U. S. Currency, 
or National Bank Bills.” Still the whole affair is rather 
slow, and the New Brnnswiclters will hardly patronize 
their own lottery, when a Yankee can offer them a much 
better show. The following letter was sent to one of 
our readers in New Brunswick. 
THIS LOTTERY IS NO GAME OF CHANCE, 
as will be seen by the letter, the writer of which proposes 
lo make a sure thing of it. 
“New York, July 7,1877.—Dear Sir.—Being the man- 
iger of the Georgia Lottery for the East and West, I make 
you the following proposition with a view to our mutual 
benefit., viz—send for 25 tickets price $20—and I will 
alter a number drawn from the wheel to correspond with 
the numbers on one of your tickets, allowing you to 
draw a $2,000 prize, and trusting to your honesty to 
divide the same with me. The reason I do not care to 
make the prize larger is in order to avoid suspicion, be¬ 
sides we can repeat this every month. The Drawing 
takes place every month on the 5t.h, so please remit im¬ 
mediately In order to get tickets for this drawing. Send 
money in your letter, it will come safely, and don’t sent 
by Registered Letter, Money Order, or Express, as it 
might create suspicion and prevent us from making a 
good sum in a short space of time. Don’t fail to remit 
at once, as I must leave in time to superintend the draw¬ 
ing. Yours truly C. L. Evans.” 
Our friend Dreer, of Philadelphia, has gone into the 
BUSINESS OF EXPOSING HUMBUGS, 
as the following from the Philadelphia “Ledger” will 
show: 
S5<> REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR THE ARREST 
and conviction of a person representing himself as C. E. 
BOND; a tall, slim young man of 26 years, has a sandy 
moustache, and wears a navy blue suit, who receives 
subscriptions to the American Ac/riculturist at $1 for the 
year, and presents a receipt which he represents will buy 
75 cents’ worth of Garden Seed from the subscriber. 
All persons are cautioned not to trust him or any one 
else on our account engaged in the same or similar 
pursuits, they being imposters. 
HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman. 714 Chestnut St. 
The same chap, probably. nr"tended to represent the 
firm of David Landreth and Sons, and also the house of 
Robert Buist, Jr., of Philadelphia, and solicited sub¬ 
scriptions for the “Country Gentleman” offering to give 
seeds from these establishments to the value of half the 
subscription money....Every now and then there is a 
NEXT-OF-KIN EXCITEMENT. 
Immense estates are suffering in Engiand, all for the 
want of some rightful heirs to take possession of them. 
There are just now a number of inquiries concerning a 
person who is acting on behalf of the heirs to one of 
these estates. The party asks for money, but when 
asked for references declines or fails to give them. That 
is a case that settles itself: the person must be very 
ignorant of the ways of doing business, or something 
worse, to refuse to satisfy an entire stranger that he can 
be trusted with the money he asks for. We have first 
and last known a large number of these attempts to get 
possession of family estates abroad, but cannot recollect 
of a single case in which they succeeded... .The Canada 
papers tell how 
GEORGE A. ZIMMERMANN CAME TO GRIEF. 
George was agent for mowing machine knife grinders. 
James Gibbons is a farmer. Mr. Gibbons son was in¬ 
duced to become agent for the grinders, but as the son 
had no property, the father was asked to become 
security for him. The father signed the paper. It is 
the old 6tory. Gibbons senior did not read the paper, 
and the paper turned out to be something else; then 
receipts were signed, and they became two promissory 
notes for $240 each. Zimmermann was caught and tried 
before His Honor Judge Scott, of the county of Peel, 
and has a year to pass at the Central prison, where he can 
think of the uncertainty of the knife-grinder business. 
MEDICAL MATTERS 
seem to be quite devoid of novelty; in a large budget, 
wherein the pamphlets and circulars are of the old, old 
sorts, we find bur one that we have not mentioned, and 
that by no means new. Little strips, some yellow and 
some white, have appeared to people in various places in 
various ways. If you send the slip with 25 cents to a 
given address [we do not propose to advertise the chaps], 
“ I will send you something that will bring you in honora¬ 
bly, if you devote your attention, over two hundred 
dollars a month, * * * suitable for both sexes,” and so 
on. The “something” is some stuff to mix up and be 
sold as as a medicine “ for almost every complaint or 
ailment that human beings, or even the brute creation, 
are heir to.”—It is to be hoped that every one will not 
rush into the business, as there would then be no body 
to sellOto, and the chances of making the monthly $200 
be seriously diminished. 
Corm 00 on sice: - .—A handy little implement, 
for husking corn is shown in the accompanying engrav¬ 
ing. This is only a modification of the old-fashioned j 
husking pin, made of hickory or other tough hardwood, or J 
a 20-penny nail; but being bent to the shape of the hand 
is more convenient and less tiresome than the home¬ 
made straight husking pins. This is patented, and the 
inventor, who doubtless spent some thought and time in 
bringing his invention to perfection, justly deserves 
some recompense for his labor. It is one advantage to 
the public thf” these little things being patented may be 
made safely in large quantities by one manufacturer, and 
thus sold more cheaply than if many manufacturers were 
engaged in each making a smaller number. This little im¬ 
plement is made by Chambers & Quinlan, Decatur, Ill. 
What Nest?—A JPoclteet Watering 
Pot.—There is no telling what the Yankee genus will 
not invent. The latest novelty is advertised in this pa¬ 
per as a “ Pocket Watering Pot, or Sprinkler.” We got 
hold of one of them the other day, and it is what it 
claims to be, except that it will want a rather spacious 
pocket to carry from IX quarts to a gallon of water ; but 
it can be carried in the hand readily. It closes up, and is 
neatly painted, and looks for all the world like a book. 
A lady takes one of these into a room, or carries one to 
the cemetery, and you think she has only a book to read, 
but, presto, it opens into an effective watering pot, at 
which the plants and flowers beam with satisfaction. 
Washing- and Washers.—The number 
of machines or appliances to help in the operation of 
washing, shows that help is greatly needed. We have 
had considerable experience, first and last, with these 
affairs, and have learned at least two facts about them, 
(t). Many of these machines and appliances are really 
of great help, if properly and intelligently used. (21. That 
all of them are worse than useless, if the “ help” won’t 
be helped, hut make up their minds beforehand that they 
are good for nothing, and take care that they shall not 
work. Our experience in this line has been with wash¬ 
ing machines, in which the clothes are rubbed, pounded, 
or squeezed, and those appliances called “washers.” in 
which, by means of a simple contrivance, boiling suds is 
kept flowing in a continuous stream over and through 
the fabrics. The last-named principle is the one npou 
which “ Robbins’ Family Washer” operates. There is- 
no machinery to get out of order, and there is no wearing 
of the fabrics by pounding or rubbing. Used intelligent¬ 
ly, as every machine or improvement must be used, this 
may be made to greatly diminish the labor attendant 
upon the family washing. 
Basket Stems continued 
on page 393. 
Useful Farm Grist Mills. 
The accompanying engraving (fig. 1) illustrates a porta¬ 
ble farm mill, such as has been long desired. It is a burr- 
stone grist mill for grinding corn, or any other grain, by 
Fig. 1.—LANCASTER’S FARM MILL. 
horse power, used direct without the intervention of 
a sweep or tread power. The horses are hitched to- 
arms which are inserted in the iron-strap sockets seen. 
upon the frame of the mill. The mill is then made to 
traverse upon a circular way, and in doing so a horizon¬ 
tal master-wheel operates the gearing, by which the 
stones are made to run 300 revolutions in a minute. In 
actual tests, 7 bushels of corn have been ground in an 
hour, which is an extraordinarily large amount for grist 
mills of two-horse power. The mill itself rotates, and 
the whole machine is so remarkably simple, that its op¬ 
eration at once engages the interest of one who sees it 
for the first time. There is nothing to get out of order, 
every thing is very strong and substantial, it occupies 
little space, and may be put away in a corner of the barn- 
floor, being brought to the center when necessary for- 
working it; the barn floor giving ample space for both 
the mill and the team. It is provided with the usual 
means of raising or depressing the stone by the small 
hand-wheel and rod shown. It is a long time since so- 
acceptable a piece of farm machinery has been brought 
out. It is made by E. R. Lancaster, Alum Wells, Ya. 
Another burr stone mill for grinding flour and feed is 
shown at figure 2. This has a strong iron frame, and is 
intended to grind cement, plaster, salt; spices, paints, 
etc., as well as all kinds of grain. The 16-inch mill re¬ 
quires a two-horse power, grinds 3 to 5 bushels per hour,. 
Fig. 2.—SINGLE-GEARED MILL. 
making 500 revolutions per minute. The bearings are of 
hardened steel, and each runs in a cup of oil, which re¬ 
duces the friction and prevents heating. A vertical stone 
mill is also made, which includes all the special points of 
the horizontal mill, at a somewhat less cost. The mak¬ 
ers of this mill are Leonard & Stillman, Bridgeport, Ct. 
